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The Himachal Range is an important hydrographic barrier crossed by relatively few rivers. Drainage systems have evolved candelabra configurations with numerous tributaries flowing south from the Himalaya through the Middle Hills, gathering immediately north of the Himachal Range and cutting through in major gorges as the Karnali in the west ...
Also called the Mahabharat Range, the Lesser Himalayas is a prominent range 2,000 to 3,000 meters (6,600 to 9,800 ft) high formed along the Main Boundary Thrust fault zone, with a steep southern face and gentler northern slopes. The range is nearly continuous except for river gorges, where groups of rivers from the north gather like candelabra ...
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Mahabharata or Mahabharat may also refer to: Literature. Andhra Mahabharatam ... Mahabharat Range, also known as the Lesser Himalaya; Mahabharat, Nepal; See also
The Mechi originates in the Mahabharat Range in Nepal. It flows through Nepal, forms the boundary between India and Nepal and then flows through the Indian state of Bihar to join the Mahananda in Kishanganj district.
The Dang Valley lies between the Mahabharat Range in the north and the Churia Range in the south. [21] It forms a nearly 1,000 km 2 (390 sq mi) plain within a local drainage basin of less than 3,000 km 2 (1,200 sq mi). It is drained by the Babai River, and is one of the largest Inner Terai valleys. [22]
The Kosi River catchment covers six geological and climatic belts varying in altitude from above 8,000 m (26,000 ft) to 95 m (312 ft) comprising the Tibetan plateau, the Himalayas, the Himalayan mid-hill belt, the Mahabharat Range, the Siwalik Hills and the Terai. The Dudh-Koshi sub-basin alone consists of 36 glaciers and 296 glacier lakes. [13]
A cottage in the laps of Dhauladhar ranges in the Kangra valley. Dhauladhar (Hindi: धौलाधार) (lit. ' The White Range ') [1] [a] is a mountain range which is part of a lesser Himalayan chain of mountains. It rises from the Shivalik hills, to the north of Kangra and Mandi.